The 2026 hurricane season has been remarkable, from the potentially record-breaking calm in the Atlantic Ocean to the historically hyperactive eastern and central Pacific Ocean. As USA Today reports, only seven tropical storms have formed in the Atlantic, while 18 tropical storms and hurricanes have formed in the Pacific. In a normal year, the Atlantic […]
Autumn is that time of the year when you start to feel eager for the moment you get through your front door at the end of a long day, throw on a cozy sweater, and relax in your living room until the night settles in. But first, before you enter the chilling vibe, make sure […]
While fall is linked with changing leaves and crisp weather, it’s also high time for temperature fluctuations. Depending on where you live, you may spend some days bundled up in a sweater, followed by others sweating in short sleeves — all within the same week. But as Yahoo Life reports, fall also signals the start […]
Chanel has appointed renowned makeup artist Lucia Pieroni as its creative makeup director. As WWD reports, in her new role, which began Sept. 14, Pieroni works alongside Chanel’s Makeup Creation Studio, reporting to Simona Cattaneo, the house’s president of fragrance and beauty. British-born Pieroni, a trained painter, discovered her métier in London after a makeup […]
Over the weekend, two giant pandas on loan from the Chinese government as part of Beijing’s long tradition of “panda diplomacy” arrived at Zoo Atlanta. As CNN reports, the pandas — a male named Ping Ping and a female named Fu Shuang — arrived on a FedEx flight Sunday from Chengdu, in southwestern China. They […]
Lionel Richie is taking some time away to recover from a medical procedure. As USA Today reports, the singer and “American Idol” judge, 77, underwent a successful heart procedure, a representative for Richie confirmed in a statement on Tuesday, Sept. 22. “Lionel underwent a common procedure for Atrial fibrillation (AFib),” the statement said. “The doctor […]
California-based tech firm WiCi has a new wireless external GPU (eGPU) and enclosure that lets any Wi-Fi-connected laptop play games using an integrated Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 16GB. Questions remain about range, latency, and performance ceilings, but WiCi’s promo video at least showcases what the technology can manage, according to VideoCardz, who first reported the […]
National Coffee Day 2026 is on Tuesday, September 29, and that means mug-fulls of free hot coffee for java junkies across the country at Dunkin’, Starbucks, 7-Eleven, and great deals on coffee and home coffee brewing equipment from Keurig, Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and other retailers. The earliest credible evidence of coffee drinking dates […]
It has been a crazy month for extreme weather events, and not even the usually easy ones to predict, thanks to Super El Niño flip-flopping the normal weather patterns in the Atlantic and Pacific. If your weekend weather bingo card had major hurricanes, a wildfire, pending volcanic activity, and a nor’easter hitting the U.S. from […]
If the horrific, devastating images from recent wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, and flooding has taught us anything, it’s that you can never be too prepared for a natural disaster. You can get, and always be, ready by putting together both “At Home” and “On The Go” emergency preparedness kits. Start by testing and replacing the batteries […]